LMF40202 - Certificate IV in Furnishing Technology

Certificate IV in Furnishing Technology

This qualification describes the skills and knowledge required to perform purchasing, production and quality assurance functions in a furnishing enterprise. This is a senior technical qualification with scope for entry from both trade and non-trade backgrounds.

Job roles/employment outcomes

The LMF40202 Certificate IV in Furnishing Technology reflects vocational outcomes for those performing a broad range of skilled applications in furnishing including requirements to evaluate and analyse current practices, develop new criteria and procedures for performing current practices, and provision of some leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of the skills.

This qualification is typically used to develop skills and a breadth, depth and complexity of knowledge in furnishing materials purchasing, production and quality assurance that cover a broad range of varied activities or applications in a wide variety of contexts, most of which are complex and non-routine. Leadership and guidance would be involved when organising self and others as well as contributing to technical solutions of a non-routine or contingency nature.

Pathways into the qualification

This qualification may be accessed by direct entry. Credit can be granted towards this qualification by those who have completed relevant Furnishing Certificate III qualifications or achieved equivalent industry experience.

Pathways from the qualification

Further training pathways from this qualification may include LMF50202 Diploma of Furnishing Technology and relevant supervisory, management or competitive manufacturing qualifications.

Licensing considerations

There are no specific licences that relate to this qualification. However, depending on the jurisdiction, licensing or regulatory requirements may apply to the use of some units in this qualification. Local regulations should be checked for details.

Subjects

Packaging Rules

To be awarded the LMF40202 Certificate IV in Furnishing Technology, competency must be achieved in nineteen (19) units of competency.

five (5) core units of competency

fourteen (14) elective units of competency.

Note: Where prerequisite units apply, these have been listed, and must be considered in the total number of units.

Up to five (5) relevant units can be chosen from other units not already selected from Group A, or units available in this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses. Those units must be aligned at Certificate III level (maximum 1 unit), Certificate IV level or Diploma level (maximum 1 unit).

Units selected from other Training Packages and accredited courses via Group B must be relevant to the qualification outcome and not duplicate units available within this qualification.

If Competitive Manufacturing units are chosen (identified as MSACM in the code), these should only be selected on the basis of work requirements.